Car-coupling



(N-o M odeL) A .PAY

CAR COUYPLING;`

P-enfed Peb. 19,1884.

' TV-I/'ZVZeSSeSJ UNITED l STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALPHEUS TAY, 0E COLUMBIA', TENNESSEE, AssIeNoE 0E oNE-EoUETH-To ZILLMoN sMiTH, E MAURY' COUNTY, TENNESSEE.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent-No. 293,727, dated4 February 19, 1884.

' Application filed June 5, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ALPHEUS FAY, of Columbia, in the county of Maury and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and use'- vful Improvements in Car-Couplings; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which formpart of this specification, in which- Figure l is a bottom View of the ends of two freight -cars having my improved selfcouplings-applied, the cars. being uncoupled. Fig. 2 is a vertical section taken longitudinally and centrally vthrough Fig. 1, showing the cars coupled,.and also showing a coupling-link applied. Fig.- 3 is aview of one'end of a car having my improved self-coupling applied to it. Fig. I is a perspective view of one part of the improved draw-bars and its hook made in one piece.

This invention relates to what is known as self-couplings lfor railroad-cars; and it consists in a novel combination of spring-actuuated hooked draw-bars with levers for uncoupling the hooks, all of which will be fully understood from the following description when taken in connection with the annexed drawings.

Before describing my invention, I will state that I am aware that self-.coupling spring-actuatedhooks for cars are old and well known,

and for this reason AI do not claim, broadly, such hooks. n

A A designate the ends of two freight-cars, to which my improved self-coupling is applied; andB B designate two draw-bars,which are allowed endwise andlateral movement, controlled by springs C C, applied between transverse sill-beams D D. The outer ends of the draw-rods a a, which pass through saidv springs and beams, are connected to the inner ends of the draw-bars by means of pivots c e, and these drawbars are acted on by are located on the vertical edge of the side Walls, Each draw-bar has a hollow head, B', presenting one vertical side, a horizontal roof having a beveled edge, and a iiooralso having a beveled edge. It will thus be seen that each draw-bar has one side open, the object of which is to allow the hooks G to be uncoupled by swinging either one of the drawbars laterally.

L designates a hand-lever, which has its fulcrum on the end of a car, and which is connected by a link to the head of the draw-bar and acted on by a spring, S. This spring operates to prevent a casual detachment of one coupling-hook from another.

AAt b 'b holes are vertically made through they draw-heads for the purpose of receiving pins n, for coupling a car provided with my coupling, with a car not sofprovided by means of the well-known link N, as shown in Fig. 2.

It will be observed that the open heads of the draw-bars are adapted to serve as buffers, as well as draw-heads; also, that an uncoupling of the hooks G can be effected by a movement of one lever, L.

[Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of a pivoted draw-bar, a three-sided daring-mouth ldraw-head, and a coupling-hook formed on the end of the vertical Side of this head, all constructed and adapted to operate substantially in the manner and for the purposes described v 2. Vibrating spring actuating draw bars vers, all constructed and adapted to operate substantially in the manner and for the purposes described. In testimony that I claim the foregoing a my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses. 

